“You must create disorder in your business, otherwise you will stagnate,” Will Butler-Adams, chief executive of Brompton, told manufacturers at a Guardian seminar in Birmingham on Wednesday.
Butler-Adams, who was one of the speakers at the Trade Boost event, revealed that the folding bicycles business started exporting in case the UK market ran out of steam.
The seminar, sponsored by UPS and part of UK Trade and Investment’s Exporting is Great campaign, aimed to help aspiring and current exporters win new business overseas.
It kicked off with an overview on the state of manufacturing, followed by a look at the successes and failures of small businesses that are already exporting, the nitty gritty of the supply chain, hurdles to export and logistics. Here are a selection of tweets from event:
Off to first networking, support event for start-ups #tradeboost @GdnSmallBiz - will keep you posted #startup #smallbusiness #entrepreneur
— doovay (@doovay_creation) November 18, 2015
Delighted to be chairing what looks great Birmingham #ukmfg event today #tradeboost @UPS @MyBCU @lemarksmith @GdnSmallBiz
— Peter Marsh (@PeterMarsh307) November 18, 2015
Stewart Ferguson of @ChinaBritain anticipates exports to China to increase by 50% in the next 5 years #tradeboost
— UPS UK (@UPS_UK) November 18, 2015
#tradeboost hearing from @ChinaBritain and @UKIBC about helping UK businesses trade with China and India @UKTI @ups
— Emma Sheldon (@Emmasheldonz) November 18, 2015
Hearing a great story about innovation in whistles @GdnSmallBiz #tradeboost "be first" or "be new to be first" to export #exportingisgreat
— Charlotte Chung (@CharlotteChung_) November 18, 2015
"Don't underestimate the #internet in supporting #B2B growth, #ecommerce essential to success" Luis Arriaga @ups #tradeboost @BCUAdvantage
— Mark Smith (@lemarksmith) November 18, 2015
Lots of positive comments about strong reputation of the UK in export market "selling the best of British" #tradeboost #exportingisgreat
— Charlotte Chung (@CharlotteChung_) November 18, 2015
@GdnSmallBiz: Employ someone who is better than you - and don't tell them what to do, but what to achieve, says @will_brompton #tradeboost👏
— Matt Rogers (@MiracleTraining) November 18, 2015
Why export? The environment is right, says Richard Halstead @eef_insights. Manufacturing is 10% of GDP but 40% of UK exports #tradeboost
— GuardianSmallBiz (@GdnSmallBiz) November 18, 2015
@ChinaBritain: China expected to be the UK's second export destination by 2020 @GdnSmallBiz #tradeboost @UPS_UK
— Sietske (@Sytsque) November 18, 2015
Here he is! @Will_Brompton is at #tradeboost @MyBCU to inspire us to export @ups @ukti @GdnSmallBiz pic.twitter.com/1KJPPLqDHN
— Mark Smith (@lemarksmith) November 18, 2015
.@will_brompton: You must create disorder in your business, otherwise you will stagnate #tradeboost
— GuardianSmallBiz (@GdnSmallBiz) November 18, 2015
